Convergent Manufacturing, Processing and Advanced Surface Science Laboratory
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2024
December 2024
Doctoral student Prayag Burad delivered a guest lecture on ‘Laser Powder Blown Direct Energy Deposition of Duplex Stainless Steel’ at ISU course MATE 2140: Structural Characterization of Materials. Thanks to Dr. Yang Du for the invitation!
November 2024
Dr. Roy presented “Opportunities of Surface Science in Enhancing Reliability of Parts Fabricated via Metal Additive Manufacturing” at Formnext 2024 at Frankfurt, Germany! Thanks to the organizers for selecting our talk to present at the Application Stage of Formnext 2024.
October 2024
Dr. Roy presented an invited talk at MS&T Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA on ‘Exploring the Potential of Multiscale Metal Additive Manufacturing for Developing Functional Components’. Thanks to the organizers of the ‘Additive Manufacturing: Design, Materials, Manufacturing, Challenges and Applications’ symposium for the invitation!
August 2024
Dr. Roy has been named ‘Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering’ at ISU. Thanks to College of Engineering, ISU for recognizing our efforts.
Our project ‘DREAM-TEAM: Developing a Robust Ecosystem for Additive Manufacturing of Tungsten for Extreme Applications and Management’ has been picked up by US Department of Energy for funding. It will be a major support ($1 million) to push the limits in advanced manufacturing of refractory alloys for extreme (primarily nuclear) applications. This will be a collaborative effort between two research universities (ISU and University of North Dakota) and three National Labs (ANL, ORNL and Ames Lab). Thanks to US Department of Energy for the funding support!
We appreciate various news agencies for disseminating this effort by our research group!
June 2024
Piash Bhowmik successfully defended his Master’s thesis to the committee. Congratulations Piash!
Two graduate students from CoMPASS research group received ‘2024 Binger Graduate Research Symposium’ awards. Congratulations to Pial and Uday in successfully presenting your research during the poster presentation at ISU.
May 2024
Dr. Roy received a grant ($300,000) from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) on valorization of waste cooking oil to develop next generation bio-based lubricants for Electric Vehicles. In this project, we will collaborate with Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center (PA). Thanks to our collaborators in this effort!
Our user proposal got accepted for neutron diffraction-based investigation on additively manufactured nitrogen strengthened austenitic steel at Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), ORNL. Dr. Roy and his graduate student Uday will travel to SNS ORNL in September for neutron diffraction experiments on the fabricated samples.
April 2024
Vishal Mahey has been selected for the prestigious Iowa Research Administration Internship Student Experience (I-RAISE) program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Vishal will gain valuable skills in research administration through cohort-based training and hands-on experience at ISU. Congratulations, Vishal, on this remarkable achievement!
Dr. Roy received a grant from Deere & Company ($606,000) to investigate drivetrain (gear and bearings) failure modes from advanced materials, surface science, and lubrication perspectives.
March 2024
Uday Venkat Kiran received NSF Travel Award to present his research at 2024 International Advanced Manufacturing Conference (NAMRC 52/MSEC 2024), which will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, June 17-21, 2024. Congratulations Uday!
2023
December 2023
User Proposal titled ‘Dust tolerant surface development for future lunar exploration’ to work with Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) got approved! Doctoral student Pial Das will work with ANL scientists in this effort.
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Energy Solutions for Iowa and Beyond Research & Innovation Roundtable (RIR) proposal titled “A Framework to Develop Novel Biobased E-Fluids Supporting Next Generation EV Technology” got selected for funding ($75,000) by VPR office at Iowa State University. Dr. Roy will collaborate with Dr. Xianglan Bai and Dr. Eric Cochran from ISU in this effort.
November 2023
Dr. Roy was selected for 2024 TMS Young Leaders Professional Division Award. Thanks to the selection committee from the TMS Extraction and Processing Division (EPD) for this acknowledgement!
October 2023
Dr. Roy gave a seminar at Mechanical Engineering department, University of Iowa on ‘Leveraging the Synergy Between Advanced Manufacturing and Surface Science for Functional Components Development’. Thanks to the faculties of Mechanical Engineering department at University of Iowa for the invitation.
September 2023
Dr. Roy presented an invited talk at 20th International Microscopy Congress at Busan, South Korea on ‘Applicability of microstructure analyses to solve crucial challenges in large scale metal additive manufacturing’. Thanks to the organizers of ‘Microstructure Analysis in Additive Manufacturing (AM) Materials’ symposium committee for the invitation.
August 2023
Roy Research Group moved to Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. Go Cyclones!
June 2023
Dr. Roy won the prestigious Distinguished Early Career Faculty award ($624,989) from the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program to investigate novel surface modification strategies to develop next generation FeCrAl accident tolerant fuel (ATF) claddings.
May 2023
A group of five graduate students (Sudip, Hyun, Pial, Piash and Uday) presented their research at STLE Annual Meeting at Long Beach, California, USA. Sudip and Hyun jointly won the third place whereas Uday won the first place out of 45 student posters presented at the conference globally. Congratulations to the team!
April 2023
Hyunsuk Choi and Sudip Saha presented their research at Wear of Materials (WoM) Conference at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Good job Hyun and Sudip!
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Sudip Saha and Hyunshik Choi successfully defended their Master’s thesis to the committee. Congratulations Sudip and Hyun!
March 2023
Hyunsuk Choi won second place in the annual Graduate Research Achievement Day (GRAD) at University of North Dakota. Congratulations Hyun!
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FasTech and Dr. Roy’s research group collaborates to explore wire-DED technology for space applications. Click here for more details.
January 2023
Prayag Burad and Vishal Mahey joined the group as Doctoral and Master’s student respectively. They will work on understanding the process-microstructure-property relationship of multiscale additively manufactured duplex stainless steel for defense application. Welcome Prayag and Vishal!
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Sydney Menne received North Dakota State Grant Consortium Fellowship to continue working on dust tolerant surface development for future lunar exploration project. Congratulations Sydney!
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Hyunsuk Choi represented graduate students from Department of Mechanical Engineering in the 3MT Thesis competition at UND. Well done Hyun!
2022
December 2022
Dr. Roy received a grant (NSF Award Search: Award # 2332471 - RII Track-4: NSF: Development, Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Surface Engineered Additively Manufactured Parts for Nuclear Reactors ($248,376) from NSF to investigate the potential of directed energy deposition technique to develop next generation nuclear reactor components. We appreciate various news agencies for disseminating this effort by our research group!
August 2022
Pial Das and Piash Bhowmik joined the lab for their Doctoral and Master’s study respectively. Pial will lead the dust tolerant surface development using additive manufacturing effort and Piash will lead the soybean oil based biolubricant development effort. Welcome Pial and Piash!
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Emil Umerov joined the group as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. Emil is a Doctoral student at Samara State Technical University, Russia. He will focus working on understanding the structural and tribological behavior of MAX phase composites fabricated using a novel manufacturing process. Welcome Emil!
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Sydney Menne joined the research group as an undergraduate research assistant. She will support Pial on conducting erosive wear experiments to assess the dust tolerant capabilities of aluminum MMC samples for the NASA funded project.
June 2022
Dr. Roy received grant ($187,760) from NASA to investigate the potential of multi-feeder DED for fabricating dust tolerant surface development for future lunar exploration. Thanks to our collaborators at United Tribes Technology College and Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) NASA for your support during proposal development.
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Dr. Roy received another grant ($191,058) from NASA to develop novel sustainable process development for metal additive manufactured samples fabricated using MSFC NASA’s LPBF capability and NASA’s materials of interests. Thanks to our collaborators at MSFC NASA for your support in this effort.
May 2022
Dr. Roy received grant ($599,922) from Office of Naval Research (ONR) to investigate synergistic approach of combining multiscale DED techniques for next generation hybrid manufacturing capability development. Thanks to our collaborators and Iowa State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory for your support during proposal development. More details can be found here.
April 2022
Dr. Roy received a grant ($46,500) from North Dakota Soybean Council to develop novel biolubricant from raw soybean oil for multifunctional applications. Thanks to out collaborators at Agricultural Research Service, USDA laboratory for your support in this effort.
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Dr. Roy presented an invited talk at South Dakota School of Mines on ‘Martensitic phase transformation and its effects on different tribological contact conditions’.
March 2022
As a co-PI, Dr. Roy received a grant ($170,223) from North Dakota State Energy Research Center to investigate the potential of coal derived graphene as an additive for multifunctional engine oil development. Thanks to our collaborators from Energy and Environmental Research Center for supporting in the proposal development.
January 2022
Kommineni Uday Venkat Kiran joined the lab for Doctoral study. He will work on post-processing strategies to enhance surface characteristics of metal additive manufacture samples. Welcome Uday!
2021
December 2021
Dr. Roy presented an invited talk at ‘3D Printing Technology and Research World Forum’ on ‘Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of large scale additively manufactured AISI 410 steel’.
October 2021
Dr. Roy received additional support ($5,000) from North Dakota EPSCoR to upgrade acquired surface profilometer with real-time vibration cancellation capability for sub-micron and nanoscale surface topography investigations.
August 2021
Dr. Roy was appointed as Associate Director of Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) by College of Engineering & Mines, UND to foster collaborative research efforts on advanced materials and manufacturing at CEM, UND.
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Hyunsuk Choi joined the lab in MS Program. He will investigate the tribomechanical behavior of conventionally fabricated and additively manufactured NiTi alloy for space applications. Welcome Hyun!
July 2021
As a co-PI Dr. Roy received NSF MRI award (NSF Award Search: Award # 2117014 - MRI: Acquisition of an Atomic Force Microscope ($252,841+$108,360 as cost share from UND) to acquire an Atomic Force Microscope for cross-cutting multi-disciplinary research of national interest at University of North Dakota. Thanks to the collaborating faculties from the College of Engineering and Mines, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Medicine and Health Sciences, UND for your support during proposal development.
April 2021
Dr. Roy received ‘Research Infrastructure Development (RID)’ grant ($59,957) from North Dakota NASA EPSCoR to investigate wire based Directed Energy Deposition (wire-DED) of Ni-Ti Alloy for aerospace bearing applications. Thanks to our collaborators from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and AddiTec Inc. during proposal development.
January 2021
Sudip Saha joined the lab in MS Program to investigate the potential of Co-Cr alloy for prosthodontic application. Welcome Sudip!
2020
October 2020
Dr. Roy received North Dakota EPSCoR Equipment Award ($37,800) to acquire a non-contact surface profilometer for interdisciplinary studies. Thanks to the collaborating faculties from the College of Engineering and Mines, and UND and School of Medicine and Health Sciences for your support during proposal development.
August 2020
Roy Research Group was established at Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Dakota.
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